Ferrari Press Agency Ref 10213 Sex tech 1 14/03/2019 See Ferrari text Pictures must credit: Virtual Mate An adults-only video game in which players have sex with a "photo-realistic" virtual reality girlfriend has been developed.Players are hooked up to a male sex toy, which pleasures them from the on screen character’s actions -- and even triggers responses from the flirtatious in-game character.The US-based design team designers behind the Virtual Mate game describe it as "the future of virtual intimacy".The game can be played on a PC, laptop or mobile device for users wanting to take the realism to the next level.Core, the game's auto-warming sex toy, slots over a player's penis, and is loaded with a plethora of real-time sensors.These allow the game's "virtual lover" to react to a player's "every movement, depth, speed, and strength", according to her engineers.It can also be moved separately by hand like a game controller to illicit responses from the on screen partner.Movements are beamed via Bluetooth to the player's computer or phone, changing how the virtual girlfriend responds to them.You can play in quick mode or story mode, depending on how much time you have.Virtual Mate, based in Palo Alto, California, has launched a crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo to bring it market and are offering early buyers a special discount. A virtual girlfriend named Sheila talks potential buyers through what the game does. The game has an early bird pre-order price of $99 USD / €87 Euros / £75 GBP which will rise to almost double that when it hits stores.First deliveries of the game are expected in July 2019. OPS: A clip from the introductory movie for Virtual Mate featuring a virtual partner named Sheila.Using the Core hardware device illicits screen response from the virtual reality partner OPS:, Image: 419456006, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Profimedia, Ferrari